- Carlos Arruza
Carlos Arruza (born Carlos Ruiz Camino,
February 17 ,1920 ,Mexico City ; diedMay 20 ,1966 , near Mexico City) was one of the most prominent bullfighters of the 20th century. He was known as "El Ciclón" ("the cyclone").Arruza was born in
Mexico to Spanish parents. He began fighting bulls at age 14 in Mexico City, and moved toSpain in 1944. He andManolete were Spain's top matadors of the 1940s.Arruza retired to a ranch outside Mexico City in 1953, but made a comeback as a
rejoneador , fighting bulls from horseback. He appeared in two Mexican films about bullfighting, and had a part in the 1960John Wayne film The Alamo. He was the subject of the 1971 documentary "Arruza", directed byBudd Boetticher . Arruza's sons, Manolo and Carlos Jr., also became prominent toreros.Carlos Arruza died on May 20, 1966 in an automobile accident while on the road from
Toluca , Mexico to Mexico City.External links
* [http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9126448/Carlos-Arruza Encyclopedia Britannica entry]
* [http://www.laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/april30-04/sherwood.htm Lyn Sherwood, Reflections on the Last ‘Golden Age’ And a Lament For The Current “Bronze Age”", La Prensa San Diego, Apr. 30, 2004]
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* [http://toropedia.com/index.php?title=Carlos_Arruza Carlos Arruza] at ToroPedia.com, the english language online encyclopedia of bullfighting.
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